I'm tired of people asking questions about our noble government. If the Bilderberg Group says that trackable exploding money is what we need, that's good enough for me.

jpeg 02 Mar 2004

This was an Internet hoax.

Stacey 02 Mar 2004

Even if this isn't a hoax, what practical use, outside of giving a kidknapper marked bills or making counterfeiting more difficult, would this have, especially in a Big Brother context? Unless you keep all your money in a sock under your bed (like my in-laws), chances are it switches hands pretty fast. Where's George.com is a testament to that. A better technique would be to embed these chips in post-it notes, then have agents of the Cheney's shadow government write, "Kick Me" on them, and then go around and stick them to the backs of the unsuspecting citizenry.

Gomez 02 Mar 2004

Hey, this is a week too late for me.

We were in DC last week and our Congresswoman set us up with a tour of the Bureau of Engraving. We got to see them printing ones, tens and twentys. There was no sign of a chip being implanted, but they could have done it out of sight of the tour easily enough.

They did tell us that there's no 'invisible ink' pen test to check the $20s, so you can laugh knowingly next time some fast food clerk wipes your bill with a hi-liter.

What was really cool was seeing 120 palettes, each with $6.4 million in cash, waiting to be sent to the Federal Reserve banks.

I used to dream about super models.

QTip 02 Mar 2004

I don't have the time or inclination at the moment to verify whether or not this is a hoax. However, if the US (or any other government) were to implement such a device into currency, it is in fact Big Brotherish. "They" aren't necessarily interested where or when I plop down my Yuppie Food Stamp for brunch, but would sound the alarm if someone were trucking palettes of currency somewhere.

In any case, I guess I've been had. I thought it was more humorous than worrying.

andrew 03 Mar 2004